Meal plan

Going back to meal planning last week was great for me. It's finally starting to feel like summer in…

You know that friend? The one who never has to struggle to hike up her jeans and yet seems to have a totally normal relationship with food? She’s what I call naturally slim—she has a handle on her appetite, her emotions and a whole bunch of other things integral to achieving—and staying at—a… Read More »

So, I took the holiday week off from planning, but I did post some great Fourth of July recipes last week. After… Read More »

You know that friend, the one who is always tapping her leg, getting up to straighten the bookshelf, the one who generally just can’t sit still? She’s likely burning an extra 200 to 300 calories a day on top of any workouts she does or the amount of calories she burns just being alive. This…

Last week I walked by my office printer, a popular landing spot for extra food, and grabbed what I thought was a cookie. It was more of a cookie/energy bar hybrid, and while it wasn’t awful, it wasn’t great either, and definitely not worth the calories. But I ate it anyway. Why? It was in my…

The big, fat (pun intended) irony about trying to drop pounds is that cutting calories has a pesky habit of making you eat more, and more of the wrong types of foods. Think about the last time you nibbled a plain green salad for lunch. How did you feel by 6 pm? Ready to eat an…

Got a yellow sticky note? Grab it (and a pen) and write down these three words:

• Commitment
• Consistency, and
• Convenience.